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Connecticut western news., 1887-08-03
New YOrk's ROthSchilds.

Max Veil is the richest Jew in New York, his figure being estimated at $s,- 0oo,0oo. Following him arc forty other millionaires of the same race. The Hebrew capital in the cotton exchange is more than $6, 900, ,ooo, and of city real estate they hold at least $1OO, OOO,- .Q00. An estimate of the annual transac- tions of the wholesale trade of New York done by the Hebrews puts the figures at $a62, 900, 900. - Rochester Herald
Connecticut western news., 1887-08-03

The railway system of the United States now aggregates in round numbers Al, 300 miles. This is almost double the total mileage of the country thirteen years ago, and IS more than three times that of twenty years ago. But it is not at all improbable that the end of the pre- sent century, twelve and half years hence, will sec our railway system in- creased to more than 200, 900 miles.
Connecticut western news., 1887-08-03
Uses of the TOOthDick.

Little Dot-Mamma, I want tooth pick.
 Omaha Mamma--You naughty girl, 1 told you not to eat anything between meals.
 'Tse not been eatin'"
 ''Then what do you want a toothpick for?"
 ''rse jes had drink of water. = [Omaha World.
Connecticut western news., 1887-08-03

The Suez Canal cost less than $1O0, OOO,- 900. Two hundred and seventy-6ve millions of dollars have been expended upon the Panama Canal, and the pros- pect is that the project will have to be abandoned
Connecticut western news., 1887-08-03

The latest theory regarding the origin of natural gas is not that the gas is pro- duct of petroleum deposits, but just the reverse, namely, that the petroleum sup ply is product of residuum of the na- tural gas.
Connecticut western news., 1887-08-03
, Life. Dining and sleeping,

. Life.
 Dining and sleeping, Laughing and weeping, Signing for some new toy; Loving and hating, Wooing and mating, Chasing the phantom, Joy. Losing and winning, Praying and shining, Seeking higher life; Hope and repining, Shadow and shining. Care and worry and strifa Hoarding and wasting, Lettering, hasting, Missing the golden mark; Praising and fouting, Trusting and doubting- Taking leap in the dark. H. PEARSON in the Courant.
Connecticut western news., 1887-08-03
Connecticut Western News.
YuBL1sHxD 4.
YUBLl9HED AT CANAAN. uIcHFlELD CO, CONN.,, EVERY WHDNraDkv uopNruo
NC MKLEY, Editor and holfietnr. Local News a Speciality,
RRMS,

$4oo per year, if paid strictly In AdvaAee. n not psn at tho expiration of three months oaA Win be charged.
 6ahseribsrS desiring their papers discon- tinued must give notice at the xxRnAxloH of theaT subscriptions, any prsvious notice not bei1g pu1aclent and unless an AxIsaxages arc paid, papers win not then be discontnued ave a ths option of the publsh@.
Connecticut western news., 1887-08-03

Americans are not much given to sui eide. The average American appears to prefer working himself to death or dying of dyspepsia. Only Spain, Russia and Scot land show fewer cases of self destruction than the United States. The number of suicides each year per 1000 inhabitants has been computed with tolerable ac- curacy, as follows:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-01-05
SIcep q Preventive of Headache.

A scientific wri;er says: "Sleep, if
taken at the right moment, will prevent
an attack of nervous headache. If the
subjects of such headaches will watch
the symptoms of its coming, they will
notice that it begins with feeling of
WEAKNESS or heaviness. This is the time
a sleep of an hour. or erea two, as nature
guides, will effectually prevent the head
ache. If not taken just then, it will be
too late, for, after the attack is fairly
under way, tits impossible to get sleep
till far into the night, perhaps. 1t 10 so
common in these days for doctors to for
bid having their patients walked to take
medicine if they are asleep when the
hour comes round that the people lave
learned the lesson pretty we'll, and they
generally know that sleep is better for
the sick than medicine But it is net 80
well known that sleep is wonderful pre-
ventive of discasc--hetter than tonic
regulators and stimulants.
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Three Kinds of Subscribers.

The subscriber who takes paper year
after year, and finally when asked to pay
for it refuses, and says he never did like
the paper anyhow and never read it, is,
says an exchange, like the min who buys
his groceries for years, never paying q
cent. and then refuses to settle because
the sugar had sand in it, and the tea was
not as good as he could get somewhere
else, and he never used particle of the
soap he had bought. He never could
get ahead of the grocer like that. It is
only the innocent printer that can be
gullcd so easily.
The Sc ond kind of subscriber is the
one who reads the paper and then pays
for it. He is like the man who buys an
overcoat, wears it out, and then pays for
it. e is 10000 times better than the
first kind, but he is bad enough.
The third kind is the man after the
printers own heart. He pays in advance
for his paper and is happy. He is the
man who paws cash for his groceries,
meAi ines, ha DWARF, iewelry, dry goods,
and everything else that he buys. 1t is
this kind of men who keep all kinds of
business alive. and without whom q
town would be as dead as copy of the
ConJ7csSional Record"
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An Insect TramD.

A supposed house-iy parasite has been
found by a French naturalist, p. Meg
min, to be in reality no parasite pTeying
upon the fy's body, but simply the com
mon cheese mite availing itself of the
first means of transportation to new
sources of food supply. The creature,
with remarkable power of adaptation
to environment, becomes greatly changed
on attaching itself to the fly or other ami
NAL, but assumes its original form: and
multiplies rapidly, on reaching suitable
feeding grounds. This discovery ex-
plains how fresh cheese can become in
fected with mites, even when carefully
placed on shelf away from all suspected
sources of contamination. .-Arkansa@
7Taeeltr.
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Superstition Among French Peasants.

Another instance of the superstitlous
nature of French peasants mas just been
cxemplifed by crime which was com
mitted in Brittany. There was a family
consisting of widow named Jallu. with
her two sons and two dau ,hters;
and the sons, who were millers, had
heard so melody say that one OF their
sisters, the eldest, was posse :sed by the
devil. Thinking that this terrible sup
position, which they implicitly believed,
would bring ill-luck to the mill, the two
men resolved to shield themselves from
the dcmoniac influence of their sister by
numbering her. The neighbors, who had
some apprehension of the catastrophe,
went to the mill, but found their en-
trance barred by cne o. the Jallus, who
stood with his younger sister at the door,
both brand:sh ng hatchcts with which
they threatened to murder any one who
came near them. The two were, how
ever, seized and overpowered after
long and dangerous struggle, during
which they behaved like maniacs. In
the interior of the mill house was found
the body of Esther Jalu, the eldest sis.
ter, who was alleged by her relatives to
be possessed with the demon pride. The
woman was put to the most atroc. ous
torture, having b;en pierced in various
parts of the body by sharp instrument.
During her agony her mother and sister
prayed by her side in order to exercise
the devil All the members of the Jallu
family have been placed in an asylum.-
london telegraph.
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customs that Captain Baculard had lots
of the desired article; that was enough
Captain Baculard sold the ir 5oice at 50
cap. He rushed to the palace and
poured out his thanks.
"Not so iast," said the Rey; 'I am
not done yet. Call my Vizier."
The Vizier appeared.
"Pfoclaim," said the Bey, "that every
Jew who keeps cotton cap another
hour will have trouble with you. God
is great, and l am lineal descendant
Of Mahomet." ...
The visitor made grand salute, plac-
ing his left leg on the back of his neck,
according to the custom of the court,
and retired.
When Captain Baculard returned to
the dock he found the twenty thousand
Jews already awaiting him, cap in hand.
He might have had the caps for nothing;
but desirous to leave behind him name
for generosity and greatness of soul, ne
purchased them at two cents apiece.
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The Bey's Justice.

A certain Captain Baculard left Mar,
seillcs for China, but being buffeted by
the winds he ha ilel up in the harbor of
Tunis to await weather. The Collector
of the Fort came on board. Captain
Baculard represented that he was freight
ed or Canton, that he had nothing to dc
with Tunis, and that he only put in from
distress of weather. But the collector
exhibited manifest necessity that he
should fork over. Captain Baculard did
fork over in rage, but instantly re-
paired to the palace of the Bey, demand
ing justice.
HGood Frank" said the Bey, 81 am
your friend-God is great. What do you
want of me2'
"Highness, answered Captain Bacu-
lard, "your custom house has robbed
me. I have forkcd over-fork back"
Excellent individual" answered the
Bey, Sin this couatry, when we have the
dust we keep it. The original acqusi-
ton is difficulty. To fork back thin
is unknown in Africa"
s'But shall I not have Justice"
"Certainly, every one has Justice in
Tunis. Will you have it in French OF
Tunis fashion"
"Highness. have had q lawsuit or
two in France. Justice in French fash
ion.-God forbid"
"Rut I don't press it on you observes
the Bey. ''If you choose tine French at
ter all, I will speak to your consul. lie
loves Justice. good man; three OF my sub
iccts applied to him years ago for immu.
nifty, and they will get it next year ]
think-for he loves justice"
"French Justice, never! give me the
Tunisian: am in hurry
"Do it then. God is great" said the
Bey: "what is your cargo!"
"NIarseillcs soap and twenty thousand
cotton caps"
1T is we'll. Go away and be tran
The Bey summoned the Vizier.
"Vizicr," said he, 'we love justice
We love the Franks. Proclaim tha
every Jew who appears tomorrow out Of
doors without cotton cap, will have
little transaction to settle with me-"
There arc twenty thousand Jews II
Tunis, and not one single cotton cap il
the place. They all made their wills
when they learned through an officer ol
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OCCUPATIONS of Great Mems Fathers.

The Ne 'ccal Age has been investigating
this subject, and says that the father of
Dcmosthencs was a blacksmith; OF
Euripidcs, a dealer in vegetables; OF
Socrates, q mediocre sculptor; OF
of Epicurus, shepherd; of Virgil, an
innkeeper. Columbus was the son of a
wool cardcr; Shakespeare. OF butcher;
Luther, of a miner; Cromwell, of a
brewer; Sixtus ), of a swineherd
I.innrus, of poor country minister;
Franklin, of a soap boiler; Rousseau. OF
a matchmaker: and Nurat, of m inn
kecper. The writer concludes that the
mothers of these men may have been the
source from which their genius was de-
rived, and, indeed. it is known that
some of them were women of more than
ordinary excellence.
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Snow.

Snow is composed of fine crystals Of
various forms. as any one can satisfy him
self by examination with microscope.
The snowfakcs in each particular storm
have similar general characteristics.
based probably on the electrical condi-
tions of the atmosphere from whence the
storms proceed. According to this theo-
ry the binding billiards of Western win
tcrs a of c'e trio origin, and possibly
similar in character to the cyclones which
prevail in the same localities during the
summer and fall. The snow in these
biz ards is as solid and compact as ice,
and close examination of the crystals
shows them to be wedge-shaped, and
capable of being closely compactcd.-
Boston Calticd'0.
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A Slight Correction.

"Nlrs. Smith," said Chicago travel
ing man to his wife. "Am the senior
member of the partnership which we
formed over year ago with the assist
ance of the preachers"
"Certainly," replied Mrs. Smith,
meckly.
"Do hold controlling interest in
this business"
"Of course you do, dear"
cam I the Secretary and Treasurer
and Business Manager of this concerns
Am I responsible for its business status'"
''To be sure you are. I never said any
thing to the contrary, did Il" she re-
sponded.
"Now, what wish to direct your at.
tcntion to, is this. Your household ex
penses have been running up to an alarm
ing figure, and your demands for pin
money may be properly described as ex-
orbitant. I have decided that I must
take steps to keep you in check"
"May correct your grammar little
bit2" she inquired, sweetly.
"Certainly."
"You mean checks not check. Plu.
raj number. you know" was the firmly
spoken rejoinder.
And he didn't attempt to argue the
point. nt.-Aerthaat- Trauel:r.
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A Close Rec0nn0iter.

I was n member of an Alabama rcgl-
ment belonging to Lindell's Battery,
under Lieutenant General FOLK, and, as
the Joke is on myself, your readers will
pardon me if hide my identity by
simply saying I was an officer Itwas at
the battle .of Perryville, and toward
evening of our hardest days fighting.
A detachment of new men had Just
come up, and were preparing for action.
suddenly observed body of men, Con-
fcdcratcs, I thought, who were firing
desultory shots ut our new friends.
said to myself: "Thcy are sally mis-.
taken, firing on their comrades after that
style. I'll see if can't sto, it." 1 put
spurs to my horse and dashed up to the
Colonel of the regiment frin5, and in
loud tones a.ked
"What do you mean firing at your
own fricnds2'
lie answered with surprise: "Friends
I am sure they arc the enemy"
"Fncmy! l have only just left them
myself. I am your superior, and 1 COM
mand you to cease firing, or I'll report
YOU. What is your namc2'
81 am Colonel Grover, of the I think
Seventh Indiana. Who arc you7'
Imagine my astonishmcnt to find
was among the Yankees. I saw there
was no hope only to brazen it out. The
shadows of approaching night assisted
the deception. I assumed bold de-
meanor, and said:
I'll show you who J. am. Stop firing,
sir. at onc"."
Then. in even greater haste than had
approached I cantcred off, and in O
roundabout way reached my men.--Chi'
c00o Le,}qtr.
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A Simple Cure for Group.

Mrs. G.. J. c., Cincinnati, Ohio, says
in the household column of the Free
Prsi: Mothers with young children
will do well to remember that one-third
of teaspoouful of powdered alum mixed
with double the quantity OF sugar will
give almost instant relief in Group. 1t
is also good for hard cold, as the
smallest children take it without trouble,
and it enables them to eject from the
little stomach what cannot be raised in
any other way, and relief follows as a
natural consequence. If, when that
dlead disease which so often proves fatal
first makes its appearance, when the
young mother perceives the difficulty OF
breathing, or the rattling, gurgling
sound in the throat, which is the sure
forcrunner of Group, if then this simple
remedy were promptly administered and
repeated as often ELS there was need, there
arc few cases, think, that might not be
cured. The great trouble is that many
Young mothers dc not know what to do,
and if physician is not within handy
reach the little orIe is often past human
aid before help can come.
cannot close my letter without speak.
ing q good word for "Brita's Sage Tea"
for the hair. knew the remedy is good,
aud have recipe similar to hers the
only dilFeren being that we always
drop in few pieces of old iron into the
lea while stepping and remove them
when it is cold. One gentleman acquaint-
auce of mine, who was quite young and
yet nearly bald, tried it with excellent
results, and Icing something Of joker
attributed his success to the ia that he
had dropped an old horseshoe that he
had found into the tea to consolidate his
"sood luck" as it were; but as another
gentleman tried it with equally good
success, who only dropped in few old
nails and broken bits of iron, we are COM
pellcd to think that the virtue lay not
80 much in the boilcd-down horseshoe as
in the ir,n itself, which is said to be
good for the scalp. 1t may not prove
cffect,ve.ln IN every case, but so simple q
remedy is we'll worth trying by those
who are unfortunate enough to lose their
hair early in life.
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He Didn't Want a Tutor.

A we'll to do resident of Holmes Coun-
ty recently came up to Cleveland with
quite a load on his mind. He has q
daughter just growing into womanhood
and wants to give her a better education
than the facilities of his ncighborhood
afford. In pursuance of this idea he
called on Cleveland friend last week
and asked his advice.
SWELL" said the friend, 'you might
send her up here and give her the advan-
tages that our schools afford"
II don't know" answered the father,
81 hate to have her leave home. She
ought to have just as good an aducation
as the best of 'em, an I can afford to pay
for it, tco. want her to learn the Ian
guages, you know, an dancin', an eti-
quette, an music"
"Suppose," said the friend, "suppose
YOU get tutor for her."
"A tooterm cried the father, 'sgosh,
man, I don't expect her to play in no
brass band! If she learns the pianny,
that's enough. cleveland Sun.
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The Boat Was Punctual.

Captain Selah Dustin, who has COM
manded lake craft without number, been
skipper of a woodward, and encountered
good deal of rough legal weather dur
ing his stormy career, at one time ran a
boat between Detroit and Port Huron.
The captain prided himself on the pune
tuality with which the lines were cast off
and his boat left for its destination. One
day, while taking on freight preparatory
to ploughing the waves in the direction
of Port Huron, stranger walked on
board and accosted the captain as fol-
lows:
"What time does this boat go9"
"At 8 o'clock sharp"
"Does she 60 on tim,"
"she does-right on time"
The prospective passenger here pulled
out his watch and exclaimed:
"Why, it's quarter after 0 now" ,
Without the slightest perturbation and
in tone of drawling placidity the cap
tain responded:
"Welj, sir, this boat has been gone fif-
teen minutes" Then he resumed his su-
pervision of the loading of freight
Detroit Free Press.
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THE HOME DOCTOR.
ChapDed-Hand dis.

The following very simple direction is
recommended: "To keep the hands
smooth they should always be rinsed in
fair water after soap has been used. 1t
is we'll to use soap, and soft water, avoid
ing, however, the use of yellow or bar
soap, and also the colored CASTLE; but to
prevent roughness it is absolutely neces-
sary the hands should be rinsed in soft,
fair water, and then made thoroughly
dry on the towel. And it is we'll to avoid
going out into the cold directly after
washing. A proper observance of these
d rections will always keep the hands
smooth
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BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
No Change-HardIyW What She Meant
Didn't Want a Tutor-Thc
Boat was PunctuaFA
Slight Correction.

Peckham (meeting an old friend)- =
"Why, Dingley. is this you? haven't
seen you for ten years. Ho~ are you,
anyhow2"
Dingley-"Oh, I'm just like I used
to be. By the way, Peckham, how
your wife2 You u ed to say you had
the boss cir. when you were single" =,
Peckham (sadly)-"She's still boss. "
Life.
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The Amateur Cow boy C0wed.

The boy who was not afraid to go West
And to hunt up the Indians wild,
Who, to redskins will never pull down his
vest,
Nor with lion or bear be mild,
Has a creepy crawl that will over him fall
When he's played nook 10 k" from
hool;
And he sryeth his dad enraged and mad,
A,rr,achng with switch or rule.
And he, who has sworn to know no fear,
And to be q cowboy has vowed,
Now lacketh his cheer when his dad doth ap-
pear,
And becomes poor boy that cowed.
-Goodai'S Sun.
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THE SNOW.

"Snow, snow,
Thou art, trow,
The coverlet white,
Soft and light,
Of the old giants bed in the sky
No,
Saith the snow,
Oh foolish man
To think you can
Tell whence come or whittier 60.
I am dew drop in my birth,
And, like the angels, start from earth
To go up high;
And then again
Return to men,
In vestmeut white and new,
To hide the earth and leave the sky in view.
james Villa Blake.
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Hardly What She Meant.

Ed.th-'sWhat a lonesome spot q So
cial gathering is where one is such
stranger!"
Harold-'It is indeed, 'pon honor,
donchar know"
Edith-''I don't know what l should
have done but for you. Your are the
oasis of the evenings desert"
Harold-"Really, I am beholden to
you, Miss Edith"
Edith--"Yes, dear Haroldl your are
the evenings oasis-the one green spot
in all the dreary waste. e."-F0lio.
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In Germany they are now trying
composition of cork, sand and lime,
nodded into bricks, for the construction
of light partition walls. 1t is said to ex-
clude sound better than ord nary brick
work, while being light and good nom
conductor of heat.
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A New York physician says: 'It is
dangerous to 60 into the water after a
hearty meal" And we presume if he did
90 in after one he would not find it.
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When does a man leave off laying wa
be is wiser. but no better.
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he was we'll assured of her expectations,
and of the use to which he might put
them, in her friendless situation, he Of
fered to adopt her, and he took her away
with him to France.
| My sister, having no child of her own,
took liking to Dina, and readily be-
leved what her husband chose to tell
her. For three years the girl lived with
them She cared little for the good
woman who was always kind to her, buS
she was most uurcasonably fond of tn
Villain who had kidnapped her.
After his death, this runaway creature
then aged fitteen-was missing again.
She left a farewell letter to my sister,
saying that she had found another
friend; and from tat time forth nothing
more had been hard Of her, for yerrs on
years. This had weighed on my i-ter' 3
mind, and this was what she had wanted
to tell me on her death-bed. Knowing
nothing of the trial. she was aware that
Dina belonged in the ncighborhood of
Betminister, and she thought in her ig
norancc that might communicate with
Dina's friend, if such persons existed.
On my return to England, thought
! it Il duty to show to the Mayor of Bet
! minister what the Consul had writ en-
! from my sisters dictation. He read it
and heard what had to tell him. Then
! he reckoned up the years that had
passed. Says he: "The girl must be of
age by this time; l shall cause inquiries to
| be made in London"
In week more we did hear of Dina
Coomb. She had returned to her own
country, with a French husband at her
heels, had proved her claim, and had
got her money.-Youtps Companion.